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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Buford "Boots" Walters of Alton, who 
4passed away on October 29, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born in February 1917 in Terre Haute, 
6Indiana, the son of the late Curtis A. and Ethyl (Reese) 
7Walters; he married Irene Henkhaus on September 4, 1940, at St. 
8Bernard's Catholic Church in Wood River; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, He graduated from high school and attended 
10Shurtleff College before going to work at Shell Oil Co. and St. 
11Frances Convent in Alton; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, He was a longtime member of St. Mary's Catholic 
13Church, and will be remembered as a devoted and loving husband, 
14father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend to 
15many; he enjoyed sports, travel, and loved to sing; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; 
17his sister, Edna Reuter; and his brothers, Darrel, Joe, and 
18Leland Walters; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Buford Walters is survived by his children and 
20their spouses, Sue Goessling and John, Sharon Jun and Richard, 
 
 
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1Mary Jo Keenan and Jim, David Walters, Nancy Green and Phil, 
2Teresa Back and Brian, and Jeffery Walters and Mary; his 
3grandchildren, Mark Goessling, Sheri Lynn Elfreich, Steve, 
4Scott, and Rick Jun, Susie Silberhorn, Jim, Mike, and Joe 
5Keenan, Sara Johnson, Amy and Adam Welch, Monica Johnson, Laura 
6Laird, Lisa Back, and Kenny and Allison Walters; and his 32 
7great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
10his family and friends, the passing of Buford Walters; and be 
11it further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of Buford Walters as a symbol of our 
14sincere sympathy.